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Comment by _urga | Hacker News Reader

Well done on shipping. Here are some things that can be improved:

1. Increase the font-size from 13px to 16px and set line-height 24px to make the type friendly.

2. Increase the height of your input fields and buttons to 28px to make them easier to focus and click on.

3. For the diary image on your front page, show a diary that has something written in it. Even better, show a screenshot of a Duuble diary.

4. Combine "First name" and "Last name" fields into "Your Name" for better internationalization and less visual elements / tabbing.

5. Move the "Tweet" button away from your sign up form to top right of the page. Use the official Twitter button. People are used to it.

6. The "Read more about Duuble" button should be a link not a button.

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I think this could really use screenshots (as above) or some kind of visual tour. Usually if I can't figure out why I would want to use something within 30 seconds, I don't bother coming back. You need to sell the product. :)

I didn't even notice the 'read more about Duuble' button until I saw it mentioned by jorangreef above (point 6). It isn't in a very obvious location and isn't particularly eye catching, mostly due to looking like the other buttons and having a small font.

By comparison, Springpad has an easily visible 'How it works' button in the top-right corner, next to the create account button (https://springpadit.com/) and Simplenote has a link called 'More reasons to use Simplenote...' in the bottom-right corner (http://simplenoteapp.com/). These are much easier to find.

Also, I assumed your headings (It's Simple, Private, Posting, etc) were links to more information, since they didn't have any content below them explaining /why/ Duuble is simple, private, etc.

In summary, you really need to sell the product by clearly explaining what it is and why I would want it. I think the front page design could use some general improvement, as suggested by jorangreef.

Good work so far.

Woah, that's quite a list. Thanks though!

The "tweet" button is completely out of place, I guess some people can fill all the inputs and click on it by mistake.

Agreed about the Tweet button.

Also, consider renaming the location dropdown to "Timezone/Country", and either auto-populating it based on IP or using a "Please select item." Don't autopopulate with some obscure location where almost none of your users live.

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